What is British Airways Executive Club Gold Guest List?

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What is British Airways Gold Guest List, and is it something worth pushing for?

British Airways’ status levels can sometimes be confusing, especially in the higher levels. In this article we’ll talk about what Gold Guest List is and why it’s worth having.

You may already know that British Airways Executive Club is made up of four tiers: Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold. The latter three are the elite levels, and require a commitment to flying British Airways.

What you may not know is that Gold status is actually split into two sub-tiers: Gold and Gold Guest List, both of which also have additional incremental bonuses. Sound complicated? Hopefully this article makes things a little clearer…

At 6000 tier points, you receive a Gold Guest List redemption benefit – BA will turn any cash ticket for sale in fare classes A, D, T and B into an Avios ticket

At 7000, 8000 and 9000 tier points you can choose from an additional Gold Guest List redemption, two additional Gold Upgrade for One vouchers or 50,000 Avios.

As you can see, there are lots of big incentives to become a high-ranking Gold Guest List member. Once you reach 5000 tier points and cross the threshold into Gold Guest List, you get the following benefits in addition to what you already receive as a Gold member:

Two redemptions per year for British Airways to open up to five reward seats in fare classes A, D, T and B, rather than the standard reward fare class (this basically allows you to force open Avios reward seats)

Dedicated priority service phone number with 24 hour availability

The ability to invite two additional guests to British Airways departure lounges and one guest to arrivals lounges

At the beginning of your membership year you may gift your status to one person with an Executive Club Gold Partner card and confer Silver status to two other people. These cards are valid for one year only and once they expire they will return to their previous status

Complimentary Hilton Honors Diamond status

A Concorde Room card, British Airways’ most elite lounge offering

There should be plenty on that list to get excited about. Gold Guest List redemptions are particularly powerful as you can force British Airways to open up revenue seats for Avios in the fare classes A, D, T and B if they are available – this article explains how Gold Guest List ‘jokers’ work.

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